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With the NBA taking Christmas Eve off before its annual five-game Christmas Day slate, we felt this would be a good time to get together and provide some thoughts on fantasy basketball to this point in the season. While some players have provided value on par with your favorite present, others have delivered lumps of coal. Nick Schlain, Noah Rubin, Raphielle Johnson, and Zak Hanshew answered a few fantasy basketball-related questions. Happy Holidays.
1. Who has been your biggest surprise in fantasy basketball thus far?
Nick Shlain: Malik Beasley. Nobody thought much of the Pistons signing Beasley this offseason. At this point of the season, though, the 28-year-old shooting guard is second in the league in 3-pointers with 111. He’s averaging a career-high 3.8 made threes per game. Beasley isn’t going to provide much in the other categories, but the points (16.4 points per game) and threes are there.
Noah Rubin: John Collins. The Jazz acquired JC from the Hawks for pennies on the dollar two summers ago, and he played well for them in year one. However, he is in the midst of one of the best seasons of his career, and he has genuinely adapted his game to fit Utah’s style of play, which is quite different from his role in Atlanta. With the Hawks, he went from a pick-and-roll threat to a floor spacer over the years, but he has been able to do a little bit of everything this season. He’s averaging career-highs in assists, steals, and 3-pointers, which aren’t typically his strongest categories. Collins has been a third-round producer in 9-cat leagues, which shatters his Yahoo ADP of 107.2.
Raphielle Johnson: I’m going with Dyson Daniels here. Even though there was a feeling that the move from New Orleans to Atlanta would raise his ceiling, I didn’t expect him to be as productive as he’s been. Defensively, he’s done things we’ve rarely seen since Alvin Robertson was pestering opposing perimeter players, and Daniels has improved offensively as well. His jump this season has looked similar to Jalen Johnson’s last season, which is a credit to the players and the Hawks coaching staff.
Zak Hanshew: It’s got to be Karl-Anthony…
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Publish date : 2024-12-24 18:00:00
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